Erthig, Oct^r. 22^d 1786

My dear Friend,

As reciprocally, you never deserve a letter, so I throw a Squib only at you.

Y^rs. Affectly

Ph: Yorke

(Turn over)

Clerici,* et Laici, x Comitatus Denbighiensis
Regem, unanimiter, gratulantes –¹ Octob: 1786

Since Counties, and Boroughs, and every Rape,
Together Rejoice in their Sovereigns Escape;²
We a like, on each part, acknowledge the Blessing:
And altho the King's Wounds, were not very pressing,
The Last x sent a Cordial, the First * gave a Dressing.

T: Pennant Esq^r
Downing –
Flintshire

---

---

Editorial notes

1. 'The clergy and laity of the county of Denbigh | Unanimously congratulate the king'.
2. This refers to the stabbing of George III as he came out of his carriage at St James's Palace on the evening of 2 August 1786 by a woman named Margaret Nicholson.